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Low-voltage lighting: Connecting Home and Garden
Light Up The Night
Landscape lighting is an extension of beauty, we see during the day, the conversion of the night in a dramatic, romantic, even mysterious scene.
Life is awakened in a landscape otherwise would appear dark and dormant. Suddenly, textures and colors of spring, and what will one day forget as well as the new focus of attention.
Connect your home and landscape
Good running nightly illumination can be an extension of the interior of a house, so that terraces Pools and paths for entertainment, dining or relaxing can be used. Decent lighting create romance, intimacy and mood – enhancing the outdoor setting in regard to you never know.
Lighting offers security, and provide a sense of well being, at the same time, the possibility of your beautiful Landscape, enjoy day and night. Light can define your property boundaries and add depth, color and shading.
One of the most important American architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, called the "light of the beautifier." Light increases. Its purpose is to complement, not compete with the architecture.
FAQ's
Q: Do I get the same high quality of results with a packaged lighting of a retail business set?
A: No light Boxed sets have a predefined style selection and maximum length of cable that limits the light placement and provide no flexibility bulb choice. These transformers usually do not offer multiple voltage taps to compensate for voltage drop, which in opposition brightness of a sale to another. Simply put, offer better durability and professional devices more options.
Q: When should I low-voltage landscape Lighting installed?
A: The best time is during the installation of the landscape to minimize disturbance Sun, but lighting can easily into the existing landscape to be integrated.
Q: Why use 12-volt lighting?
A: Low-voltage lights are safe, economic, offer a wider range of lighting products, as well as improved accuracy and quality of light, true to the color of sunlight as a 120-volt lamps.
Q: Are all lamps (bulbs) created equal?
A: No, generate white halogen lamps, more intense light than comparable incandescent Performance, allowing you to achieve excellent color reproduction and to maintain consistent light output for the lifetime of the lamp.
The quality of the mirrored Reflector coating and the orientation of the filament are critical, too. to ensure the thickness and the application of these coatings that does not tear or peel under the stress of high temperatures. Proper Filament alignment within the reflector beam ensures accuracy and consistency from lamp to lamp. They can have a future to avoid problems by using the highest quality lighting components.
Q: How important is stress?
A: Absolutely critical. The correct voltage determines consistency luminous numbers and life expectancy of the lamps. The role of the transformer is 120-volt power supply to a safe, energy-efficient, to reduce economical 12-volt current. A low-voltage transformer is the heart of a professional landscape lighting system. The use of a multi-tap transformer for distances to compensate occur where voltage drop is recommended.
About the Author
The author is a landscape contractor, operating family-owned Sonoran Rain Landscape Creations, LLC in Scottsdale, Arizona, with over 25 years experience designing and installing new landscapes and swimming pools.
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